Yilwatda sidelining us because we campaigned for Muftwang’s defection – North-Central APC

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has accused nationalist president of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, of sidelining its members due to the fact that they campaigned for the defection of Plateau State Governor, Caleb Muftwang, to the party.

The North-Central APC Forum, comprising stakeholders of the enactment successful the North-Central states, had led a run to woo Muftwang to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC.

Muftwang formally joined the APC successful January 2026, moving into the enactment with each his aides and the full Plateau State Executive Council.

Yilwatda, who was the governorship campaigner of the APC successful the 2023 election, which was won by Muftwang, was initially reported to beryllium down a antagonistic run against the governor’s defection to the ruling party. There are insinuations that Yilwatda wants to tally for politician again successful 2023 and arsenic a result, wanted to artifact Muftwang from joining the party.

However, with Muftwang present successful the APC, the North-Central APC Forum has raised the alarm that the party’s nationalist president is nursing grudges against its members implicit their relation successful the governor’s defection.

In a connection released by its Chairman, Alhaji Saleh Zazzaga, successful Abuja connected Tuesday, the North-Central APC Forum suggested that though helium publically welcomed Muftwang to the APC, Yilwatda’s actions bespeak that helium is not blessed with the Plateau governor’s defection to the party.

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